Gertrudis Sigüenza

CIEE Staff

Hometown: Elche

Gertru Sigüenza is the Academic Coordinator at CIEE Alicante since August 2019. She is also a Spanish language and culture professor who has taught with CIEE since 2008. She is an associate professor of the University of Alicante where she teaches English as a foreign language. She has worked as Elem, middle and highschool Spanish teacher in Augusta Independent schools, Kentucky for three years. She has been online Spanish instructor for Kentucky Community and Technical College for 6 years and a visiting Spanish professor at Wofford College, South Carolina for a semester in 2016.

She earned her Master’s Degree in English Studies from the University of Alicante in 2004 and completed her postgraduate studies in Spanish gastronomy and traditions from the Superior Studies of Seville in 2014. Gertru Sigüenza is very interested in didactics and culture. She is working in her investigation project “Interpersonal and intercultural communication” to obtain the PhD by the University of Alicante. She has been the presenter in different conferences as XV Practical Conference of Spanish as foreign language (Madrid, 2014) or MIFLC (James Madison University, 2016). Gertru Sigüenza lives in Alicante, Spain.

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After a couple of months of language learning, culture discoveries and fun experiences in the city of light, CIEE Alicante students have explored the gastronomical offer of the city with...keep reading

As cultural explorers, our highschool Ciee Global Navigators were able to taste unique foods to this region and learn about their historical and geographical context. To learn about the heart...keep reading